Vitamin-D Deficiency A common problem of children and adults: A cross-sectional study with Pharmacological and physiological perspectives

Vitamin D has been involved in multiple biological processes of the human body with a normal range between 30-50 ng/ml to maintain the health of the skeleton, bones and teeth in children as well as adults. This fat-soluble vitamin has many physiological functions for normal health so it’s deficiency as well as insufficiency disturbs the normal physiological functions of the body resulting into bone related pathologies along with other health issues. This Observational type of research study was conducted in Hyderabad region of Sindh Province from January 2019 to January 2021on 1000 patients through Consecutive type of sampling technique. Statistical analysis was performed on SPSS version 22, t-test was used for comparing the mean vitamin D concentration of different study groups. There was no significant difference was found between male and female genders13.18+7.3 ng/dl 14.3+8.6ng/dl 0.793 but there was significant difference observed between children and adults11.13+7.4 ng/dl 14.5+9.3ng/dl 0.0001. Conclusion: majority of the study participants Male, female adults and children were suffering from vitamin D deficiency